2014 Baseball

2014 Baseball team pause for a photo while organizing the Bluffton Food Pantry. The
pantry expects to serve 66 families this Christmas season, 11 more than in 2012.

Student-athletes serve

Bluffton athletics teams perform service projects on and off campus during the holiday
season and throughout the academic year.

Here’s a sampling:

If you are at the Lima Kmart or Walmart on Dec. 16, say hello to members of the women’s basketball team as they ring bells for the Lima Salvation Army.

For the fifth consecutive year, Bluffton’s baseball team worked with the Bluffton Community Assistance Corporation to clear out, sort
and restock pantry shelves before Christmas. The team sorted items from a canned food
drive held in conjunction with Bluffton local schools.

During Christmas break, members of the men’s basketball team will help with Buildings and Grounds special projects. They also provided assistance
for last fall’s home cross country meet.

After the holidays, men’s and women’s soccer players will be officiating and covering scoreboard operation at Special Olympics
basketball games in Hancock County from Jan. 7-Feb. 25.

During fall break in October, the volleyball and cross country teams worked together on special projects in the Sommer Center.

For Halloween, members of the softball team cleaned individual rooms and decorated the Ronald McDonald House in Toledo.

The football team traditionally helps with landscaping at Mennonite Memorial Home in the spring.

And, at the end of the academic year, track and field will provide the workforce for the annual May Day run.